It’s not just members of Andrew Cuomo’s inner circle who are working overtime these days.

Cleaners in the Capitol complex are busy this weekend shampooing and then vacuuming the carpets in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center where Cuomo last week said he was holding his State of the State speech on Jan. 5.

The speech has traditionally been in the ornate Assembly chamber but Cuomo said he wants to open the event up to the public, and some have noted this symbolic move might also allow him to bring in his own cheering section rather than the lawmakers, lobbyists and other members of the political class who pretty much fill the Assembly.

Either way, it means the custodial staff, who got word of the change late Thursday, just after the plans were announced in the media, has a short time line in which to prepare the cavernous room.

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